Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Krishna Kumar Karwa, MD and CEO at Emkay Global Financial Services, said pharma and IT could give relatively better returns in 12-18 months.
The Indian economy may have improved considerably owing to a good monsoon, but Karwa says the earnings may only improve in the second half of current fiscal and will hold strong till the end of FY18.
Investors are open to backing new ideas according to Emkay Global Financial Services. The investment advisory says that the rural economy needs more time to pick up and that the the acceleration in segments catering to these sectors will likely be seen in second half of fiscal year 2016-17.
The Indian market is likely to continue its upward trend for the next 2-3 years. Investors will have to rummage through the overpriced pockets in the market, says Krishna Kumar Karwa, MD & CEO of Emkay.
Over the next 3-5 year period equity as an asset class is sure to outperform and give superior returns is the word coming from Krishna Kumar Karwa, Emkay Global Financial Services.
With the Indian equity market today posting stellar gains backed by largecap stocks and Nifty scaling back the historic highs of 8000, it still remains a buyers‘ market believe market experts.
The market is going through a consolidation phase in range of 7700-7900 level, says Krishna Kumar Karwa, Managing Director of Emkay Global Financial Services.
Krishna Kumar Karwa of Emkay Global Financial Services advises investors to be cautiously optimistic and says while India will benefit from lower oil prices, there will be some collateral damage in the short-term due to a fall in commodity prices
The new year is going to herald the start of a consumption boom, thanks to robust government spending as well as with measures such as the implementation of the Pay Commission recommendations coming in, says Krishna Kumar Karwa, Managing Director of Emkay Global Financial Services.
Krishna Kumar Karwa of Emkay Global Financial Services says from now to year-end, the market will be focussing on a few important events such as the US Federal Reserve rate hike and the government's reforms push
Krishna Kumar Karwa of Emkay Global Financial Services says an investor's portfolio must have financials and capital goods apart from pharmaceuticals and fast-moving consumer goods.
While the Indian equity market has discounted poor Q4 earnings, days of robust numbers are still far, says Krishna Kumar Karwa, managing director, Emkay Global Financial Services.
Krishna Kumar Karwa, MD, Emkay Global Financial Services believes it is possible to see the market take out new highs before the first half of FY15. But for it to sustain, it has to be supported by earnings growth, he cautions.
Karwa expects the market to deliver returns of 12-15 percent this year, and says there is a possibility of the RBI again cutting interest rates at its policy review on February 3
Krishna Kumar Karwa, MD at Emkay Global Financial Services is bullish on auto ancillaries.
He sees falling crude prices as being a key positive for the Indian economy, and expects oil marketing companies and paint companies to be the major beneficiaries of this trend
Krishna Kumar Karwa, MD of Emkay Global Financial Services is of the view that one may invest in Infosys, Wipro and HCL Technologies.
Krishna Kumar Karwa, MD of Emkay Global Financial Services advises buying HDFC Bank on correction.
Krishna Kumar Karwa suggests adopting a stock specific approach. He says investors looking to play the election theme can buy L&T and Thermax from the capital goods sector.
Krishna Kumar Karwa, MD at Emkay Global Financial Services is positive on Tech Mahindra.
Krishna Kumar Karwa, MD at Emkay Global Financial Services is of the view that Blue Star and Voltas should offer decent return to investors.
Krishna Kumar Karwa, MD of Emkay Global Financial Services is positive on Larsen and Toubro.
Infosys has not underperformed the benchmark index in the last three months and Krishna Kumar Karwa, MD, Emkay Global Financial Services is positive on the company on a top-down and medium-term perspective.
Krishna Kumar Karwa, MD of Emkay Global Financial Services is positive on Infosys. "In terms of volatility probably tomorrow will be a day when it will not be as volatile as it has been in the earlier quarters," he adds.
If there is a pragmatic view and if the policy pronouncements are positive then that becomes more rally in the banking sector. Otherwise, there has been a decent rally and banks should consolidate at these levels, says Krishna Kumar Karwa, MD, Emkay Global Financial Services.